Hi there! My name is Kara Carter. I currently live in Southern Colorado with my husband and three small children. Let me tell you a bit about my story.

In 2014 I began to scour the internet for natural alternatives to Western Medicine to help support my husband. He is a combat injured service member who has relied solely on the traditional healthcare system. When that was no longer enough, we were willing to try anything. I kept reading about essential oils. Everywhere I turned, another article about the wellness benefits of essential oils popped up. But not just any oils, all of the resources I trusted most continued to point to the quality and integrity of Young Living Essential Oils. What I didn’t know at the time was how much the entire family was going to benefit from Young Living Essential Oils.

Since that time I have grown immensely passionate about reading labels, and knowing full well what my family is consuming. Be that in the food we ingest, the beauty products we place on our bodies, and the exposures in our daily environments.

Immersing my family in an oily lifestyle has been not only fun, but one of the smartest and healthiest decisions we have made. From drinking Ningxia Red every morning, diffusing all day long, and oiling up the kiddos feet at bedtime, we are one healthy bunch. I love turning to what nature intended. Freeing my household of questionable chemicals and feeling confident that I am raising my family as non-toxic as I can are some of my favorite reasons for being an avid Young Living product user.

If you are interested in ditching the toxins and relying on nature’s resources, Young Living is for you. Simply contact me if you have any questions or want to start your oily journey with me and my family.

What Are Essential Oils?

Essential oils are the lifeblood of aromatic plants. Have you ever broken open the leaf or stem of a plant and seen a fluid come out? Or peeled into an orange and your hands smell like oranges for hours? Well, when you take the precious fluid from aromatic plants, containing the plant’s therapeutic properties, and extract it with steam distillation, what you end up with is an essential oil!

They can effectively combat the damaging effects of toxins, impurities and harmful substances in and around our body.

They are very powerful antioxidants. Antioxidants create an unfriendly environment for free radicals that our bodies are in contact with daily. Free radicals come from sources outside your body, such as tobacco smoke, toxins, or pollutants, and can damage our bodies’ cells, proteins, and DNA by altering their chemical structure.

Essential oils work synergistically WITH the body to help it heal itself because they are recognized by the body as nutrients, unlike synthetic chemicals which the body recognizes as foreign substances.

Why and How Should We Use Them?

Essential oils have been around since 4,500 B.C. and have long been known for their healing properties. They are even mentioned more than 200 times in the Bible, and also mentioned in the Torah and Quran! Ancient people were wise in knowing their power in supporting the body’s normal function. They are an effective and safe way to care for our bodies to achieve optimal health and wellness!

These powerful plant compounds can help support every system in the body – immune, digestive, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, respiratory, endocrine, integumentary (skin and tissues), the brain and more! Here’s an example of how you could use them throughout your day:

As soon as you wake up, start diffusing peppermint and lemon to help you awaken and get your brain going

Drink a cup of water with a drop of lemon vitality oil in it to cleanse your liver and wake up your digestive system

Drink 2 oz. of NingXia Red as your vitamin and health supplement, and to provide mental energy and focus

Apply Deep Relief or Valor to your shoulders and neck to keep them loose

Diffuse Joy to keep some pep in your step, or Thieves if you feel your immune system needs some support

After you wash your face at night, add a few drops of Frankincense to your night cream for youthful, healthy skin and fragrance

Diffuse lavender and/or Stress Away to help with a restful night’s sleep

Quality and Purity Matters

Young Living was started in 1995 and is a billion dollar company that was founded on the principle that nature has powerful, natural substances from PLANTS to meet the needs of the 21st Century family! Young Living owns and runs hundreds of acres of sustainable, organic farmland and essential oil distilleries in Utah, Idaho, Canada, France, Ecuador, Peru, Croatia, and Oman! Young Living is currently doing business in almost every nation around the globe, and is among the fastest growing direct sales companies in the U.S. with about 100,000 joining each month in the U.S. alone! Our company was founded by Gary Young, who has invested 34 years in the research and development of essential oils. Together with his wife and company CEO Mary Young, he is continually blazing new and exciting trails all over the world to promote the ongoing success and development of Young Living.

Young Living is the largest worldwide grower, distiller, and distributor of therapeutic-grade essential oils, and has the reputation of providing some of the most pure and powerful essential oils available.

Quality is Often Compromised

Why? Well, it’s because the essential oil market is booming! People are tired of conventional methods that just aren’t cutting it, and want something natural, which is great!

So, here’s the kicker. Unfortunately, many essential oil companies have been looking for new ways to develop essential oil substitutes created from essential oil compounds to meet the high demand in the market. It’s important to know that an exorbitant amount of plant matter is required to make a single ounce of essential oil, which means companies must cut corners to make a cheaper product. This results in a lot of undereducated consumers looking for that inexpensive, cheap essential oil and thinking that what they’re getting is pure and natural, when it’s not. It’s made in a lab with chemicals, not harvested from a plant.

Let’s Compare Oils to Wine and Cheese…Huh?

In other words, you get what you pay for. Have you ever tasted Velveeta cheese before? (blech!) Or have you ever eaten a fine European cheese? Is there a difference? Same with wine. A fine French Merlot tastes a whole lot different than a $5 California Merlot, right? Many of us used to use the cheap essential oils from the health food store and online, but after switching to Young Living, we can attest that they are truly the “fine European cheese” of essential oils!

Young Living’s Premium Starter Kit

Out of all the oil companies out there, we have found that Young Living has the best and most affordable starter kits. They make it easy for a newbie to get started!

Their best value, by far, is the Premium Starter Kit. This is how we at Whole Life Oils got started, and you can see Sara unbox her kit in the video below.

The kit comes with 11 oils (worth over $160), a FREE home diffuser (worth $96), a rollerball for your bottles, and tons of samples! The kit retails for over $300, but as a wholesale member you get a nearly 50% discount.

What is the Wholesale Membership?

All it means is that you’ll get 24% off anything you want to buy for an entire year, but you are not obligated to ever buy anything again! You are also not obligated to sell or start a business, either. It’s simply like a Costco membership – you get the wholesale discount and use of the store as a member, but there are no monthly minimums or requirements. In fact, it’s even better than a Costco membership because you get product for your membership fee!

How to Get these Hot Oils In Your Hands!

Select “Sign Up As: Young Living Wholesale Member” (This will get you the serious discount)

The “Enroller ID” and “Sponsor ID” boxes should be filled in with with my member number – 1897899.

Fill everything out and create your password and pin. (Write down your password and pin as you may need later!)

Pick your Starter Kit. We like the Premium Starter Kit with the Dewdrop or Home Diffuser. But if you want to splurge and get an amazing deal, go for the stylish Aria diffuser. It alone retails for $296!

You can skip the Essential Rewards stuff for now, unless you feel you are really ready to get well and healthy! Then, you choose a shipping date and can fill your cart with whatever you want (you don’t actually need to purchase one of the Essential Rewards kits).

Confirm your order. I have had many folks miss this step and end up not fully checking out. To confirm, the tool will log you in and it will show you your order again and it will make you enter in your payment information again.

Joining the Whole Life Oils team ROCKS!

We are a supportive, FUN and committed group of mamas, papas, young adults and grandparents alike who are passionate about taking care of our members and providing everything you need to have a positive, successful journey with essential oils and natural health so these oils don’t collect dust on a shelf somewhere. When you join our team, you get access to our exclusive Facebook support group and your very own support team member who can guide you along.